June 17th, 2013 | Asia and the Pacific, Events, News
Dr. Carlo Fadda will be a key note speaker to the USAID Funded IPM CRSP Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program in a conference to be held in Manado, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaConference: July 4–5, 2013. This is an opportunity to present our intra-specific diversity to manage pest and disease work in China, Uganda, Morocco [...]
More »February 4th, 2013 | Bioversity Headquarters, Events
A Five days workshop has been organized by Bioversity International under the project, ” Improving productivity and resilience for the rural poor through enhanced use of crop varietal diversity in integrated production and pest management (IPPM)”funded by IFAD. Partners from Ecuador, China, Morocco and Uganda together with IFAD and Bioversity Staff, will be participating. Among [...]
More »July 30th, 2012 | Events
On Wednesday 20 June 2012, the Equator Prize 2012 Award Ceremony was held as part of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a gala event at the Vivo Rio concert hall. Celebrating both the 10-year anniversary of the Equator Initiative and the 20-year anniversary of the UNDP-implemented GEF [...]
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On the 19th of May, Dr. Carlo Fadda presented the major results of the pests and diseases project at ICRAF head quarter in Nairobi. The conference lasted for 30 minutes followed by 30 minutes of the discussion. The seminar was an opportunity to discuss the role of agrobiodiversity in reducing pressure from pests and diseases.During [...]
More »May 24th, 2011 | Bioversity Headquarters, Events, News
An International Conference entitled “Damage, Diversity and Genetic Vulnerability: the Role of Crop Genetic Diversity in Agricultural Production System” took place in Morocco from the 15th to the 17th of February. The conference, organized by the Intitut gronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II with Bioversity international and the support of UNEP, SDC, Ford Foundation and FAO, [...]
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December 9th, 2010 | Bioversity Headquarters, Events, News
From the first to the third of December the Project Director Devra Jarvis presented the work in Paris at the EUCARPIA 2nd Conference of the “Organic and Low-Input Agriculture” entitled “Breeding for resilience: a strategy for organic and low-input farming systems?”. More information about the conference can be found at the following web site: https://colloque.inra.fr/eucarpia2010_organic_li/Programme.
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December 1st, 2010 | Bioversity Headquarters, China, Events
On the 20th of November a Policy workshop took place in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China to discuss on policy proposals that ensure the conservation of agricultural biodiversity. The workshop was a follow up of the one which took place in August. At the workshop participated representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, UNEP, Bioversity International from HQ, [...]
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October 4th, 2010 | China, Events
On the 31st of August a policy meeting took place in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province in China. The workshop aimed at illustrate the results of a policy survey that took place in June 2010. The survey aimed at identify ways to better protect landraces and traditional varieties using policy tools. Different stakeholders, including gene bank managers, farmers’ [...]
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September 23rd, 2010 | Events, Uganda
A bean diversity fair was held in Uganda on the 21st of June 2010. Farmers representing 40 villages came with their varieties and explained the use of the varieties. The fair was a big party for farmers, they had an opportunity to know which varieties were available on other villages, and to share their knowledge about varieties. [...]
More »August 27th, 2010 | Events, News, Pictures
The Third ISC meeting was held in Uganda, from June 21-25 2010.
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